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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a fiddle near a microphone on...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Group photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams and seven others

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Group photo with (L-R) Paul Gunther, Little Brother Montgomery, unidentified, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann, Claude Williams (holding sheet of paper)...

Date Published
1971
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Group photo of Jay McShann with seven others

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Group photo with (L-R) Paul Gunther, Little Brother Montgomery, unidentified, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann, Claude Williams (holding sheet of paper)...

Date Published
1971
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann and Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams, Jay McShann having a conversation at a small table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation building; Kansas City, Missouri; a carafe of...

Date Published
1971
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard...

Date Published
August-16-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann performing on stage with Claude Williams and Eddie Davis

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Jay McShann (piano), Claude Williams (violin), and Eddie Davis (saxophone) performing together on stage at an unidentified outdoor event; large trees...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann receiving an honorary key

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Jay McShann receiving an honorary key and framed certificate from an unidentified white man in plaid pants; three other unidentified men (two white...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with Claude Williams

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Claude Williams (standing) with Jay McShann (seated on a couch) in a living room; McShann is holding a cane in front of him and looking up at Williams...

Date Published
April-10-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with Claude Williams, Gene Ramey, Candy Johnson and an unidentified man

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Group shot (top row L-R) Claude Williams, Jay McShann, and Gene Ramey and Candy Johnson (front row back) with unidentified white man.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with his birthday cake

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Jay McShann with a knife about to cut the cake at a party for his 69th birthday in New York; Alice Betty Rustin, has an arm around his shoulder...

Date Published
January-12-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Claude Williams, Paul Gunther, and unidentified man

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Jay McShann, Claude Williams, Paul Gunther, and an unidentified white man all posing together for a photo; all facing the camera and smiling; unknown...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin standing near the drums, James...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right James Albright playing bass in back...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: James Albright playing bass, Claude...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection
  • Clear selected
  • McShann, Jay
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (9)
  • Betty Crow Collection (4)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Group portraits (14)
  • Snapshots (11)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)
  • Portrait photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (14)
  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • African American men (11)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Fiddlers (5)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Violinists (3)
  • Newspapers (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Violin (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Birthday cakes (1)
  • Birthday parties (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Lamps (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Neckties (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Women singers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)

Subjects, People

  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (3)
  • Bartee, Al (3)
  • Gunther, Paul (3)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (3)
  • Dennis, Fats (2)
  • Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (2)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Coleman, Ginny (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • Johnson, Floyd, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Rustin, Alice Betty (1)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • (-) McShann, Jay (15)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (15)

Events

  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 1971 (7)
  • 1980 (4)
  • 1992-09 (4)
  • 1985-01-12 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1997-04-10 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)

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